Lodge – A Hotel Shaped By Its Guests
If you’ve ever imagined owning a cozy mountain hotel where everything runs perfectly, Lodge is here to gently ruin that dream. In the nicest way. It looks bright and welcoming, but underneath it’s a puzzle about space, timing, and guests…
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Codenames: Back to Hogwarts – When a Party Game Goes to Wizard School
Codenames is one of those games that just keeps showing up at tables. I mean, even people who don’t really follow board games know it. Someone always brings it out when the group gets big enough. It’s easy to start,…
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Thesauros – Treasure Diving, But First The Budget
In Thesauros, you run a deep sea recovery company and compete with others to bring lost shipwreck treasures back to the surface. Not the movie version with one diver and a lucky guess, but a full operation with planning, equipment,…
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LUDOS Europe – Small Games With a Long History
After Asia, Africa, and America, the LUDOS collection now moves to Europe. And yeah, that already sounds bigger than it actually is. These are still small games. Pocket games. The kind you can throw in a bag and forget about…
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SETI: Space Agencies – Why Start Slow If You Don’t Have To?
(or why we kind of stopped setting up SETI without it) If you’ve been paying attention to board games over the last few years, you probably know SETI. And if you don’t… well, I guess you’ve been busy doing other…
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Ancient Empires – Decisions That Come Back Around
Big empires don’t just appear out of nowhere. They usually start small, make a few solid decisions, survive a couple of bad ones, and somehow keep going. Ancient Empires tries to capture how that actually plays out. You begin as…
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Stamp Showdown – Building Poker Hands Without Much Privacy
Stamp Showdown is a game where the theme sounds very polite, but the table experience ends up being a bit sharper than you expect. You’re competing in a stamp exhibition, building a collection by trading cards through a shared market,…
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INK – Bottles Are the Problem
Anyone who’s ever written with a fountain pen knows that feeling. One slip, one moment where your hand moves faster than your brain, and that’s it. You’re dealing with it instead of just moving on. That’s more or less the…
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Veggie Match – Looks Peaceful, Plays a Bit Mean
Veggie Match looks friendly. Almost suspiciously friendly. You’re planting tomatoes, corn, and broccoli in little garden plots, sharing space with your neighbors, and everything is bright and colorful. It feels calm. Cooperative, even. But to be honest, that feeling doesn’t…
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Land vs Sea – An Ongoing Matter of Territory
When I first saw Land vs Sea, I thought I knew what I was getting. Hex tiles, soft colours, a shared map, that whole relaxed tile-laying vibe. Something calm. Something you pull out at the end of the evening when…
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